A whittle goes a long way! Chinese wood art breaks record for longest carving out of single piece of timber
A Chinese artist has won a place in the Guinness Book of Records after creating the world's longest wooden carving.
Zheng Chunhui, a famous wood carver, spent four years creating the artwork which is over 40ft long and made from a single tree trunk.
The scene is actually a copy of the famous Chinese painting 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' which was created over 1,000 years ago.
Chinese artist Zheng Chunhui took four years to complete this wood carving which is a copy of a famous painting. It has won the Guinness World Record for the longest wooden carving and measures over 40ft
The painting, which was originally done on a scroll and designed to be steadily unwound by the viewer, is historically significant because it shows the day-to-day lives of rich and poor people in ancient Chin
The work is actually a copy of the famous Chinese painting 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival' which was produced by Zhang Zeduan during the Song dynasty
The original has been replicated many times as China has a cultural tradition whereby contemporary artists replicate old masterpieces while adding images from their own age. Though Chunhui hasn't added anything from modern-day China, his version should be fairly recognisable
The artwork features buildings, boats, bridges and 550 individually carved people who are shown herding animals, carrying cargo shopping in markets and going about their daily business in a snapshot of ancient Chinese life
